Luminaire

• US 3,253,139 A
• Filed: 10/31/1963
• Issued: 05/24/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc. (Eaton Corporation PLC.)
• Original Assignee: Melvin R. Anderson
• Inventors: Anderson, Melvin R.
• Application Number:
  US04/320,418
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• US Class Current: 250/215
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/086 with lighting device attached sideways of the standard, e.g. for roads and highways
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/116 Fixing lighting devices to arms or standards F21V21/002 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/04 the elements being switches safety devices F21V25/00

Claims

11. A LUMINAIRE ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED IN A GENERALLY CANTILEVER MANNER BY A HOLLOW SUPPORTING ARM AND COMPRISING:

A HOUSING HAVING A SIDE WALL PROVIDED WITH AN APERTURE THEREIN ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE HOLLOW SUPPORTING ARM, THE APERTURE IN SAID SIDE WALL HAVING A THICKENED REINFORCING LIP PORTION AT LEAST PARTIALLY THEREAROUND WHICH IS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE PORTION OF THE HOLLOW SUPPORTING ARM WHICH IS PROXIMATE THERETO;

CLAMP MEANS POSITIONED INSIDE SAID LUMINAIRE HOUSING, SIDE CLAMP MEANS AND SAID THICKENED REINFORCING LIP PORTION PROVIDING SPACED SUPPORTS ALONG THE AXIS OF THE HOLLOW SUPPORTING ARM FOR SUPPORTING SAID LUMINAIRE, SAID CLAMP MEANS COMPRISING A SECURING MEMBER SPACED FROM AND IN GENERAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE APERTURE IN SAID SIDE WALL AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE INWARDLY EXTENDING EXTREMITY OF THE HOLLOW SUPPORTING ARM AND ENGAGE SAME IN A NON-CRUSH FASHION;

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